Improvement in devices for converting motion



J. P. TAYLUFL'.

Devices for Converting Motion.

No, 145,599, PatentodDec.l 6,l873.

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JOSEPH P. TAYLOR, OF HUDSON CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR CONVERTING MOTION.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.145,599, dated December16, 1873; application filed October 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osEPH P. TAYLOR, of Hudson City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Motive Power, of which the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to provide an improved apparatus forapplying motive power for propelling machinery, and for other purposes;and it consists in a pendulum-lever connected with a rotating wheel, acontinuous rotary motion being produced by means of a ratchet-wheel andtwo ratchet-pawls, the arrangement being as hereinafter set forth anddescribed.

The accompanying'drawing illustrates my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the pendulum-lever, which oscillates on the pivot B. The upper partof the pendulum-rod has a frame, O,with an oval-shaped opening, D. Theedges of this frame 0 are slotted, so that the ratchetpawls work in theslots, and they are pivoted to the frame at 'the points E and F. Theratchet-wheel G is also inclosed by the frame. H is the wheel, to whichthe ratchet is attached. This wheel is rotated by means of an upperratchet-pawl, I, and a lower ratchet-pawl, J, which pawls are made toengage with the upper and the lower sides of the ratchet-wheel as thependulumlever oscillates. The wheel H has a central pivot or shaft, K,which keeps it to a central position as the pendulumlever oscillates,the

the right and the other to the left, by the oscillation of thependulum-lever, and alternately drop into gear with the ratchet by theirown gravity and rotate the wheel. The pawls are thrown out of gear withthe ratchet-wheel at the completion of each stroke by means of theweights L and M. The former is pivoted at the point It, and the latterat the point E. These weights operate upon the pawls by their owngravity, and detach them alternately from the ratchet at the completionof each of their respective strokes. An impulse is given thependulumdever by means of the cord P, which may be pulled in one or bothdirections. This cord may be attached at the bottom, as seen in thedrawing, or to any part of the pendulum-lever rod, according to thespeed required. 7

The apparatus is confined in a frame, Q, the sides S S of which arestops to limit the action of the pendulum-lever. The length of thependulum-lever and the form and proportions of the operating parts maybe varied in any manner, without departing from my invention.

Havin g thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- An apparatus, composed of the pendulum JOSEPH P.TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

T. B. MosHER. ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

